Omar Karami

Omar Karami (7 September 1934-1 January 2015) was Prime Minister of Lebanon from 24 December 1990 to 13 May 1992, succeeding Selim Hoss and preceding Rachid Solh and from 26 October 2004 to 19 April 2005, succeeding Rafik Hariri and preceding Najib Mikati.

Biography
Omar Karami was born on 7 September 1934 in Tripoli, Lebanon to a Sunni Muslim family; he was the brother of eight-time Prime Minister Rashid Karami. He graduated from Cairo University in 1956 with a degree in law, and in 1989 he was appointed Minister of Education of Lebanon after working as a lawyer. The next year, he was appointed Prime Minister under President Elias Hrawi, and in 1992 he resigned due to an economic crisis; in 2004, he returned under President Emile Lahoud, but he again resigned after failing to create a new government. He died at the age of 80 in 2015.